[Gear] Exciting New Strobe Boasts 1000 Shots w/o Overheating

Japanese manufacturer Nissin Digital have announced a newly designed speedlight, the MG8000 Extreme, and claims it's capable of 1,000 consecutive flashes without overheating due to it's ceramic insulation, a quartz-based flash tube (more like those found in studio lights), a glass screen to protect the lens from heat and it's use of air vents.

If all the claims are true, the MG8000 is designed to outperform industry leading strobes such as Nikon's SB-910 and Canon's 580EX II. Cycling at 3 seconds for the first 200 shots and then increases to 7 second cycles, without a reduction in light intensity. The MG8000 Extreme utilizes a full color display, tilting/swiveling head, a metal hot shoe foot, wireless control, a secondary fill flash, zoom from 24 to 105mm, adjust intensity down to 1/128 of full power and fully Nikon/Canon TTL compatibility. Estimated price range is approximately $625US. The MG8000 Extreme huh... well the name could use some work. Which is maybe why many have already dubbed it the "machine gun" of flashes.

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speaking of flashes. Maybe you guys can give me some cheap ideas for a replacement to my sb-600s. I actually shoot canon now but use my old sb 600s on manual with triggers for portrait shoots. I don't need anything flashy(see the pun:)) but something in the power range of the 580 but an off brand that is reliable and easy to control as well as cheap no ttl needed etc.

Sure am serious. Actually I should have put that I was looking for something with a guide number above 100 at full zoom. I have always used my studio strobes and brand camera flashes but when it comes to a little off brand for speed lights I am really in the dark.

You could keep your sb-600s and use something like the Lastolite tri-flash bracket. Basically it's a flash bracket that allows you to attach 1 to 3 flashes on that one bracket. So you could go for the power of 3 flashes, or less power and shorter recycle times.